Improvement in straw-cutters



BSPENGBR. 'STRAW GUTTER.

No. 48,597. "Patented July 4', 1865.

t UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BASIL SPENCER, 0F LEWISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN sTRAwcuTTERs- 'specification forming para of Letters Patent No. 48,597, dated July 4, 1365,

Lewisburg, Union county, Sta-te of Pennsylva nia, haveinvented newand useful Improvementsin'lStraw-Cutters'g. and Ido hereby declare' theffollowing to be auexact description' thereo'rei'erence being-hadto the accom pany-4 ing drawings, and tothe letters of'reference marked thereon,'.1naking a part of this specification'. I o.

The nature ot' my invention consists 1n the arrangement andi combination of the devices for feeding the straw and cut-tin g theJsame-by hand o'rfliorse power. l

.Figure 1 represents a front'eleyatiom Fig.n

j2, a side elevation; Fig. 3, a top. view. i A represents the driving-wheel, whose shaft B operates the feeding devcesby pulleys O C and the crank D, that raises and lowersV the` knife-frame E. y l

I F are at bars, working on screw-bolts as a fnlcru'imat G, on cach side of the feeding and cutting box H. VCrank-shafts I and J are attached to each end of bars F. The crank I re-A ol ves,.but crank J only vibrates, and does not revolve., but is moved bythe pitmau or com,

meeting-rod K to give the forward and backward motion tothe rakehead L, that presses and shoves the straw forward between the two rollers M M to the front of the strawfbox H, where the straw is cut by thedescending oblique knife N. A ratchet and dog, P, is attached to the rake-head L by pitmans Q Q, (on

eaclrside of the box H.) Onepitman moves the lower roller M, the'other theup'per roller M,

theserollers operating as. regulating-feeders.-

The springs R bear upon the shaft of the upper to secure their correctand-regularirevolution. The knife N is set obliquely ina movable i'sliding frame operating' vertically between guides 11.1' The arm V is `attached tothe crank D- on the end vot' ,mainshaft Band to the top (if-frame, so that the machine canbe driven by horsepower connected with driving-wheel A, or. by hand-power by operating the lever W,

that is connected with the arm V and the frame X of the machine.

" WhatIclaim as my invention, and desire secure by Letters Patent,is The arrangement, and combination'of the bars F with their pitman K, crank-shafts I\ and J as connected with 4the rake-head L,an(1 feeding-rollers* M, and arm V, and ope-ratinglever W, when arranged and combined as here'- in described, and for thepurposes set 1iorth...l'`

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